- Age
- 32
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 191 cm
- Weight
- 97 kg
- Born
- Syracuse, USA
- Draft
- 2012, round 2, #59 (NYR)
Career · 2016–17 to 2019–20
- Games
- 76
- Goals
- 5
- Points
- 19
- TOI per game
- 9:46
- xGF% (5v5)
- 41.5%
- Goals above expected
- −0.6
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2016–17 to 2019–20 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
Extra / AHL
7th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
4th line- Goals /600.4015th pct
- Assists /601.1371st pct
- ixG /600.458th pct
- Goals above expected−0.652nd pct
Play-driving
Extra / AHL- xGF% (5v5)41.5%5th pct
- CF% (5v5)42.0%4th pct
- Relative xGF%−7.36th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.0833rd pct
Usage
Extra / AHL- TOI per game9:469th pct
- PP time share0.7%3rd pct
- Offensive zone starts46.8%28th pct
- Quality of competition23.1%14th pct
Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).
Most similar players this season
Faceoffs
How often Nieves wins the draw over 2016–17 to 2019–20, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 778+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
42.5%
202–273 · below the 778 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
42.3%
Opponents won 49.8% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.2% against them.
Wins above average
−36
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
6.7
475 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone31.9% 38–81
- Neutral zone44.8% 86–106
- Defensive zone47.6% 78–86
By strength
- Even strength43.1% 197–260
- Power play75.0% 3–1
- Shorthanded14.3% 2–12
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +9 after a win, −15 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.1 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Artem Anisimov58.3% 7–5
- Sidney Crosby33.3% 4–8
- Nate Thompson45.5% 5–6
- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare40.0% 4–6
- David Krejci20.0% 2–8
- Derek Stepan44.4% 4–5
- Andreas Athanasiou77.8% 7–2
- Victor Rask55.6% 5–4
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 10 | 30.0% | 27.7% |
| 2017–18 | 219 | 44.3% | 44.1% |
| 2018–19 | 227 | 38.8% | 38.7% |
| 2019–20 | 19 | 73.7% | 73.6% |
Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.
−0.6 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games